For Sale: Olde English Tudor Houses

Thousands of homes from the Tudor period survive across Britain. But potential buyers should willing to forgo certain modern comforts to live in a 500-year-old home.

By

Ruth Bloomfield

Feb. 4, 2015 11:51 am ET

“Wolf Hall,” the dramatization of the best-selling novel by British writer Hilary Mantel heads to Broadway in March transporting audiences to the court of King Henry VIII for a couple of hours.

In real life, of course, it is possible to spend a lifetime living in a piece of 15th- and 16th-century Tudor history. Thousands of homes from this tumultuous period survive across Britain, carefully curated by loyal owners who are willing to forgo certain modern comforts to live in a 500-year-old home.